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CHAPTER αβ - RAPTURE DREAM OF ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE


COMING SOON



K A L L I S T I

CHAPTER✢ - DIONYSUS’ WISH


i | 2020

LAUREL WREATH ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT


INTAGLIO: MEZZOTINT AND CHINE-COLLÉ

7.5 x 6 cm



ii | 2020

APPOLO DOES DISCERN INFATUATION FROM DIONYSUS


INTAGLIO : MEZZOTINT & CHINE-COLLE

6 x 15 cm



iii | 2021

WISE HERMES AND HIS OX


INTAGLIO : MEZZOTINT & CHINE-COLLE


12 x 15 cm



iv | 2021

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL


INTAGLIO : MEZZOTINT & AQUATINT


30 x 44 cm



v | 2021

SQUASH LIKE YOU 

48pp,3-COLOR RISOGRAPH, HAND-BINDED BOOK

12 .5 x 12.5 cm






 CHAPTER ε -
ECHO & NARCISSUS



| C h a p t e r  ε  |
| E c h o  &  N a r c i s s u s
|


“CURSED BY THE QUEEN OF THE GODS HERA, MOUNTAIN NYMPH ECHO LOST HER VOICE AND COULD ONLY REPEAT THE LAST WORDS SPOKEN BY SOMEONE ELSE. ONE DAY, ECHO SAW THE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MAN NARCISSUS IN THE FOREST, AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM AT FIRST SIGHT. SHE WAS VERY IN LOVE, BUT BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT EXPRESS HER AFFECTION IN A PROPER WAY, THE LOVE AFFAIR ENDED IN MISUNDERSTANDING AND REGRET. COMPLETELY HEARTBROKEN, ECHO FADED FROM EXISTENCE AND HER BODY WITHERED AWAY. ALL THAT REMAINED OF HER WAS HER VOICE, UTTERING THE NAMEOF NARCISSUS.

WE THINK THAT IF WE CROSS MOUNTAINS AND SEAS, AND FOLLOW THE GOLDEN THREAD, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THE IMAGINARY EXIT. HOWEVER, SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF A TINY YELLOW FLOWER BY THE LAKE, WE DESPERATELY TAKE OFF OUR WAXEN WINGS AND THROW AWAY THE GOLDEN THREAD IN OUR HANDS. WE BURY OUR HEADS IN A YELLOW ROSE THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO US. WE ONLY CARE ABOUT SATISFYING THE NEEDS OF OTHERS, AND EVEN IF WE FORGET ABOUT OUR DIRECTION, WE STILL WISH TO REGARD THAT RIPPLELESS LAKE AS OUR DESTINATION...

“I OFFER YOU THE MEMORY OF A YELLOW ROSE SEEN AT SUNSET, YEARS BEFORE YOU WERE BORN.” — IN POEM “WHAT CAN I HOLD YOU WITH?” BY JORGE LUIS BORGES”




i | 2021

ECHO CARRIES THE TORCH


INTAGLIO: MEZZOTINT AND CHINE-COLLÉ

9.5 x 15 cm




ii | 2021

THE ALLURING DAFFODIL. THE DESTINED IDOLATRY


INTAGLIO : MEZZOTINT & CHINE-COLLE

18 x 27 cm













iii | 2021

THE BLOOM IS OFF THE NARCISSUS


INTAGLIO : MEZZOTINT & CHINE-COLLE

7.5 x 4.5 cm



iv | 2021

SAY ECHO THAT LOVED NARCISSUS WAS ONE THAT KEPT WORD; BECAUSE ECHO LIKED NARCISSUS BETTER.


INTAGLIO : MEZZOTINT & CHINE-COLLE

20 x 35 cm










v | 2021

APPLE α


INTAGLIO : MEZZOTINT

6 x 7.5 cm


vi | 2021

DESTRUCTION BY THE INTERGALACTIC NEMESIS AND RISE FROM THE STARDUST


INTAGLIO : MEZZOTINT & CHINE-COLLE

18 x 27 cm








 CHAPTER ζ -
JUDGEMENT OF PARIS



| C h a p t e r  ζ |
| J u d g e m e n t  o f  P a r i s
|


“MAYHEM BROKE OUT WHEN GODDESSES LAID CLAIM TO THE GOLDEN APPLE THAT BEARS THE INSCRIPTION “KALLISTI” (TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL). THE RESPONSIBILITY TO JUDGE WHO WAS THE FAIREST FELL ON THE MORTAL PRINCE PARIS OF TROY. ATHENA, THE GODDESS OF WISDOM, PROMISED ENDLESS WISDOM AND TACTICAL SKILLS IN WAR. HERA, THE QUEEN OF GODS, OFFERED KINGLY POWER. BUT IN THE END, PARIS CHOSE APHRODITE, THE GODDESS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY, AS THE FAIREST OF ALL AFTER SHE PROMISED HIM THE LOVE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN THE WORLD. THIS INCIDENT BECAME A CATALYST FOR THE TROJAN WAR, INDIRECTLY TRIGGERING THE GREATEST TRAGEDY IN ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY.


IF WE COULD PREDICT THE FUTURE, WOULD PARIS HAVE ACCEPTED APHRODITE’S GIFT? WOULD THE THREE GODDESSES HAVE COMPETED FOR THE GOLDEN APPLE? EVEN IF THEY COULD CHOOSE AGAIN, WOULD THE ENDING STILL BE THE SAME? IN SUCH CHAOS, IS THERE A RIGHT CHOICE?

RATHER THAN DESIRING SOMEONE, LONGING FOR INTANGIBLE LOVE IS A BLIND ALLEY. PERHAPS A WILLING DECISION IS ALSO A DESTINED YEARNING.”






i | 2021

THE BANQUET OF PELEUS AND THETIS STILL LIFE


INTAGLIO: MEZZOTINT

41 x 52 cm




ii | 2021

STILL LIFE WITH LOVE


INTAGLIO : MEZZOTINT

9 x 15 cm








iii | 2021

STILL LIFE WITH POWER


INTAGLIO : MEZZOTINT

9 x 15 cm




iv | 2021

STILL LIFE WITH WISDOM


INTAGLIO : MEZZOTINT

9 x 15 cm